Accessible Cinema – Languages & The Media Virtual Event 2020

PODCAST | Francesca Raffi interviews Agnieszka Szarkowska, Associate Professor at the Institute of Applied Linguistics at the University of Warsaw (Poland); Lindsay Bywood, Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster (London); and Kristijan Nikolić, Senior Lecturer at the University of Zagreb (Croatia).

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FRED is pleased to present the new episode of Accessible Cinema, a new periodical programme on media accessibility and inclusion, fostered by Sub-ti Access. This programme aims to inform its listeners and keep you updated on the status of media accessibility. We hope to raise awareness on accessibility in media and live entertainment, which is one of the 8 priority areas of the European Disability Strategy 2010 – 2020.

This new episode of Accessible Cinema is dedicated to the trends, innovations and technologies that are shaping the world of media accessibility also due to the changes that the Covid-19 pandemic has brought to the audiovisual industry. To know more about that, Francesca Raffi interviews the keynote speaker of the Languages & The Media Virtual Event 2020, Agnieszka Szarkowska, and the two moderators of the Industry Roundtable of the Virtual Event: Lindsay Bywood and Kristijan Nikolić.

Agnieszka Szarkowska is Associate Professor in the Institute of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw and head of AVT Lab, one of the first research groups on audiovisual translation. Click here  to discover more about her.

Lindsay Bywood is Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster (London) where she teaches translation, audiovisual translation, and project management for translators at postgraduate level. Click here to discover more about her.

Kristijan Nikolić is Senior lecturer at the University of Zagreb (Croatia). He was the founding president of the Croatian Association of Audiovisual Translators, DHAP. Click here to discover more about him.